The Wire's Rob Young presents a lecture on Scott Walker, from his first release as Scott Engel at age 14, to his present day experiments in sound.

A panel discussion on the role of the music critic and writer in the digital age, with Mojo's Andrew Male, Simon Reynolds, and The Wire's Frances Morgan and Jennifer Lucy Allan, chaired by Anne Hilde Neset.

Hosted by Derek Walmsley, with tracks by Sean McCann & Matthew Sullivan, Conrad Schnitzler, Robbie Basho, MC Shan and more.

Stream a selection of music by Hanna Tuulikki and her collaborators.

Listen to the March 2012 edition of The Wire's regular series of talks and discussions.

Hosted by Chris Bohn, with tracks by Rick Potts, Matching Mole, Carter Tutti Void, Sachiko & Rinji Fukuoka and more.

Listen to a collection of music compiled and annotated by the American trumpet player. Wooley is featured in an article by Dan Warburton in The Wire 338.

Hosted by Derek Walmsley, with tracks from Predicate, Mary Halvorson Quintet, Heatsick, Atom™ and more.

Hosted by Daisy Hyde and Shane Woolman.

Stream an exclusive extract from Cameron Stallones' Prayer Tapes Vol 2

Listen to the April, 2012 edition of our Office Ambience

Hosted by Derek Walmsley, with a collage of tracks and spoken word by Heatsick aka Steven Warwick, the Berlin based producer/performer.

Listen to the third Critical Beats panel discussion with Simon Reynolds, Joe Muggs, and Lisa Blanning.

Listen to Ian Helliwell (featured in The Wire 336) in conversation with Angus Carlyle from The Wire's February Salon event.

This week's show was a repeat of our 16 February edition revisiting the music of the crucial and recently reactivated UK reggae and dancehall empire Fashion.

Hosted by Chris Bohn, with tracks by the Mary Halvorson Quintet, Boguslaw Schaeffer, Aaron Dilloway, Tenniscoats and more.

Stream three unreleased tracks created and recorded by :zoviet*france: on location in north Northumberland in 2011.

Hosted by Daisy Hyde and Shane Woolman